| 释义 |
grossly, adv.|ˈgrəʊslɪ|
[f. gross a. + -ly2.]
In a gross manner.
†1. Densely, thickly. Obs.
1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 37 b, The same..is specially good for them that are grosly stopped in the bladder. 1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 297 When we are about to pronounce T, if the breath goes out very grosly or thick, and as it were by a hole, the Greek θ is formed..that is the English Th.
†2. In a plain or obvious manner; palpably, plainly, obviously; in plain terms. Obs.
1526Tindale Rom. vi. 19, I wyll speake grossly because off the infirmitie off youre flesshe. 1601Shakes. All's Well i. iii. 184 Thine eies See it so grosely showne in thy behauiours, That in their kinde they speake it. 1632Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 169 He..when he had donne this denyed it in substance as grossely as ever anie did. 1650Vind. Hammond's Addr. §60 This is so grossely true, that 'tis pitty any longer to insist on it. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. i. ii. 7 You set up Free-will and Power more grossly in terms than I dare do. 1771Fletcher Checks i. iii. Wks. 1795 II. 41 Myriads of witnesses who have heard him preach, and thousands of printed sermons,..will prove it grossly.
3. With terms of depreciative or evil import: Excessively, flagrantly.
a. with adjs.
1618E. Elton Compl. Sanct. Sinner (1622) 414 Some that are grosly ignorant. 1632Sanderson Serm. 514 His ignorance therein was not grosly affected and wilfull. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1733) i. iii. 283 A People who of all human Kind were the most grossly selfish. 1833S. Hoole Discourses xii. 151 The bulk of mankind are grossly deficient in duty. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 526 A grossly calumnious paper. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. i. v, An extensive commentary on some melodic ideas not too grossly evident.
b. with verbs.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xii. §1 The weightiest exception..is against such kind of ceremonies, as have been so grossly..abused. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. v. §412 The Earl of Holland..had..grossly deceived him in other undertakings. 1682Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Ess. Poetry 14 In many things they grosly fail. 1749Fielding Tom Jones iv. i, Bombast..which Mr. Locke's blind man would not have grossly erred in likening to the sound of a trumpet. 1783Burke Rep. Affairs Ind. Wks. XI. 318 The care of the Nabob's education was grossly neglected. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. i. 10 That compact had been grossly violated. 1870Dickens E. Drood viii, He insulted me most grossly. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xix. 335 Its size is grossly exaggerated.
†4. Of grinding, pounding, etc.: Coarsely; opposed to finely. Obs.
1576Baker Jewell of Health 231 b, In which infuse your proper simple..grosely brought to pouder. 1577Harrison England ii. vi. (1877) i. 157 Some grinde the Malt some⁓what groselie. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. ii. (1668) 75 Strawberry leaves, sorrel, spinage, grossely chopt together. 1620Venner Via Recta vi. 103 One pound of Cinnamon grossely beaten. 1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 103 Marcasites of vitriol..grosly pulverised. 1742H. Baker Microsc. ii. ii. 71 Put common black Pepper, grossly bruised, into any open Vessel. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 334 Baked earth, grossly powdered.
†5. Materially; opposed to spiritually. Obs.
1585C. Fetherstone tr. Calvin's Acts i. 14 We do not eat his [Christ's] flesh grosly..but he poureth vnto vs by the secret power of his spirit, his force and strength. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 65 Such harmonie is in immortal soules, But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grosly close it in, we cannot heare it. 1601― Twel. N. v. i. 244 A spirit I am indeed, But am in that dimension grossely clad, Which from the wombe I did participate.
6.
†a. With want of clear perception, stupidly. Obs.
1526Frith Disput. Purgatory 170 Paul..took not this word fire for material fire, as they grossly imagine. 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 163 All the Kings of Christendom Are led so grossely by this medling Priest. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 218 Some write that Cyprus was so named..of Cyrus,..but grossely: for Cyrus lived sixe hundred yeares after Homer, by whom it was so named. 1712Spect. No. 524 ⁋10 They grossly overlook that which the rules and laws of the place prescribe to them.
†b. Awkwardly, clumsily, unskilfully. Obs.
c1550Robin Conscience 264 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 243 Yovr clothes uery grossely abovt yov do sit. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 149 Let them say 'tis grossely done, so it bee fairely done, no matter. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. iv. §12 (1873) 37 Artillery, sailing, printing, and the like, were grossly managed at the first. 1642Rogers Naaman 541 If thou goe to worke grossely with commands.
c. Roughly, sketchily; in a general way, generally, inexactly. arch.
1537tr. Latimer's Serm. to Clergy B vij, This alonly I can say grosselye and as in a summe. 1545Elyot Dict., Adumbro..Some do suppose that it signifieth, to trycke a thynge, or drawe it grossely, as paynters doo at the begynnyng. 1562(title) Wigand's De Neutralibus et Mediis..Grossly Englished, Jack of both sides. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xxii. 198 Although Alvarez in his story of æthiopia have related..too grossly and boldly that [etc.]. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. Introd. 3 Physical Precepts..only grosly inform the Mind, how to..Cure Diseases. 1697T. Smith Voy. Constantinople in Misc. Cur. (1708) III. 2 Three hours, which is grosly speaking the time of half a Tide. 1704Newton Optics i. ii. (1721) 108, I would be understood to speak not philosophically and properly, but grossly, and according to such conceptions as vulgar people..would be apt to frame. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. 81 The manner how we know not; or but grosly. 1775Johnson Western Isl. 267 The rude speech of a barbarous people, who..were content as they conceived grossly, to be grossly understood. 1806Syd. Smith Sk. Moral Philos. (1850) 357 Speaking very generally and grossly.
7. a. Indelicately, indecently. b. Of eating or drinking: Coarsely, without delicacy or refinement; to a rude excess.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. xiv. (1870) 160 They do fede grosly, and they wyll eate magots as fast as we wyll eate comfets. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 266 Speak not so grossely. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. (1886) 17 Dinner-parties, where the guests drank grossly. |